Men Without Women = the Garden of Eden?
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Hemmingway was 'a man's writer', yes, but the manliness, when its dark pasages are probed, is seen to be something of a front. A very different side to the man revealed itself in the post-humously published Garden of Eden, and speculations over the reasons behind his 1961 suicide are of a very 'unmanly' nature.
Still, you would be hard-presed to find any of this 'unmanliness' in this collection (except maybe for the title) - simple, rugged stories of fishing and hunting and the like. Hemmingway was one of the best short story writers and this collection is pretty much flawless.
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Not to be missed.
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Hemingway is deservedly world famous and illiterates like the previous reviewer will never change that. He was never as brave as he made out, never as drunk or licentious as he would have us believe, but he believed wholeheartedly in the value of writing and dedicated his life to the art. Perhaps an even better short story writer than a novelist. He is a "man's writer" and all men could gain from him.
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Last year of College with a GOOD BOOK !!
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Hemingway gets us going from the first moment we lay eyes on the first letter of the first line of the first page...This is, in my opinion, the best edition and to all of you outhere looking for good literature or just looking for the book because you have to read it to write a term-paper,I stongly advise you to buy this book.Have nice readings !!
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